{"id":139673,"date":"2024-01-14T13:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T20:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=139673"},"modified":"2024-01-14T13:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T20:40:58","slug":"tensions-fare-as-dudley-sirisenas-university-lecture-sparks-opposition-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/01\/14\/tensions-fare-as-dudley-sirisenas-university-lecture-sparks-opposition-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Tensions fare as Dudley Sirisena&#8217;s University Lecture sparks opposition (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d9a\u0dd0\u0dbd\u0dab\u0dd2\u0dba \u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dc3\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7 \u0db4\u0dd0\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dab\u0dd2 \u0da9\u0da9\u0dca\u0dbd\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dda\u0db1\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0ddd\u0db0\u0dba  - \u0dc4\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dca \u0dc4\u0ddc\u0dbb\u0dcf \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dcf \u0dbd\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dca\u0da0\u0dbb\u0dca \u0daf\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0d91\u0db1\u0dc0\u0dcf - Hiru News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mrYNnTqqIcQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In an unexpected turn of events, Dudley Sirisena, a prominent figure in the rice business, faced strong opposition from university students during his recent lecture at the institution. The incident, which unfolded at Kelaniya University, reportedly led to a heated situation as students expressed their disapproval.<br>Dudley Sirisena, known for his significant contributions to the rice industry, had been invited to deliver a lecture at Kelaniya University. However, the university students vehemently opposed his presence, leading to an atmosphere of tension on the campus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}